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MANAPO

The Macedonian National Movement (Serbo-Croatian and ; ; MANAPO) was a leftist movement started in 1936 among the progressive Macedonian students in the Belgrade and Zagreb in the interwar period. It took inspiration from popular front. It considered the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as a "monarcho-fascist dictatorship" and as employing "Greater Serbian hegemony", while also seeking to achieve autonomy for Vardar Macedonia as part of an anti-fascist and federal Yugoslavia. Members, such as Dimitar Gyuzelov and Dimitar Chkatrov, wanted separation from Yugoslavia. Numerous members of the groups subsequently joined Yugoslav Partisans with prominent one being the future first president of independent Macedonia Kiro Gligorov. Other members were Bulgarian nationalists, who became officials during the Bulgarian occupation of Macedonia during World War II. On 26 August 1936 at the University of Zagreb, a group of Macedonian students belonging to the group signed the Political Declaration, a document requesting political and social emancipation of Macedonians in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.…

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The Macedonian National Movement (Serbo-Croatian and ; ; MANAPO) was a leftist movement started in 1936 among the progressive Macedonian students in the Belgrade and Zagreb in the interwar period. It took inspiration from popular front. It considered the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as a "monarcho-fascist dictatorship" and as employing "Greater Serbian hegemony", while also seeking to achieve autonomy for Vardar Macedonia as part of an anti-fascist and federal Yugoslavia. Members, such as Dimitar Gyuzelov and Dimitar Chkatrov, wanted separation from Yugoslavia. Numerous members of the groups subsequently joined Yugoslav Partisans with prominent one being the future first president of independent Macedonia Kiro Gligorov. Other members were Bulgarian nationalists, who became officials during the Bulgarian occupation of Macedonia during World War II. On 26 August 1936 at the University of Zagreb, a group of Macedonian students belonging to the group signed the Political Declaration, a document requesting political and social emancipation of Macedonians in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.…

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  1. date of establishment: 1941 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1941". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345889145

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